Derail



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DERAEL.

Application filed. July 21,

To (aid whom it may concern:

' known that i, tjriirrnnr l United mates citizen, residing in Richmond, county 01'' ll 'ayne, lndiana, have invented the following described improvements in Derails.

This invention relate to a mounting for a derail, designed particularly but not exclusively for a derail ot' the type in which the derailing member slides rail, with an up-and-over movement, in which the derail is adjustable vertically and transversely in accommodation to the rail and in which both adjustments may be made without disturbing the assembled relation between the derailing member and its bearings.

in the three sh ets oi dr wings, Fl 1 is a plan of the assembled derail in open position; Figure 2 a rear elevation corresponding to Fig. 1; Figure 3 a partial plan showing; the bearing member adjusted to a ditl'eront position lligure a bo ttoni plan of the bearing member, the adjusting keys being shown in dotted lines and in different positions; Figure 5 is side elevation of the open derail; igure G is a side elevation of the open derail adjusted in height to suit a lighter rail to which it is shown applied, and Figure 7 is detail.

Hinged de ails have heretofore been made adjustable in height by alterin the position oi? the pivotal axis as by providing pivot pin holes at different heights and at different distances from the rail. These constructions usually require considerable disassembly and rearrangement oi the derail parts and are not applicable to derails of the sliding; type with which this invention specially concerned. lhe construction described and claimed herein segregates as an assembled unit the derailing member and the partot its fixed supporting means which carries the bearings therefor, these bearings being always maintained in their normal relation, and mounts lllllSftSSQfllblGCl unit adjustably.

both vertically and toward and from the rail, on another part 01"? th fixed supporting means. which latter part is permanently cured to the road bed. By this means the practical work of installing the derail is tacilitated, as will later appear. The derail illustrated. is of the heel: bearing derail type having certain oi? the teatures characteristic to and from the 1922. Serial No. 576,424.

or the derail oi my Patent No. 1,306,961 7 tilted June 1?, i915), but this invention is without limitation to that or any type of d rail, nor is it limited to the particular ad- 'ng means, nor to the particular method di riding the lined support into adjustable its or sections.

sub-base consists of two plates 1, which m ght however be formed in one piece or connected together if desired.

'lliese plates are provided with spike holes and may d' *ectly on the ties or road bed. ch plate has its 'trontouter corner an abutment surl'zu e 2 ol considerable vertical more and below its main horizontal e a? locatnl in a plane transverse to iongri al al plane of the tie plate its correct location with referrail, these surfaces being dethe for insuru once to the signed "for contact against some part of the rail, *0 crab-ly the edge 0? the rail flange when t e plate or sub-base is being installed. The aijustablc unit conu'irises the derail base prop which comprises side walls 3 located betrmen the sides of the adjacent ties and connected at the forward end by cross wall l and at the rear end by the root member 5 and its rear wall 6. Supporting tlangzies reinforce each side wall 3. The derz ling member is mounted in this adjustabl base member for moven'ient toward and tro u the rail and comprises the derail block 5? and its supporting body 9, and the latter orided adja' ent ts t'oi'ward end with othe suitable tor-m o bearing 9' to slide and pivot bearing: grooms 9 formed in the forward inner for s of the side walls 3 as taiuiliar in the prior art. Preferably. sueh hearings im part an up-and-over maven lent to the derail block. The rear bring for the derailins member is illustrated as a slideway hook bearish ot the sort disclosed in my prior Potent lilo. shore releired to and is indicated without detailed description by the reference numeral l0. which designates the hau 'eror slidoway member. this being prete located on the top of the body of the ,mr 'ling member and being hung from a cooperating beariiw luq ll on the rear wall 6. The derailinr mber may be operated by attachment lu zf or luas or by hand in usual way. he specific means of adjustment talreu tor illustration ot the invenfaces 14, and the parts being secured in to form the keyway.

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tion will now be described but without limitation to any of the particular details thereof. In its lowest position, the base proper rests on the upper end preferably plane surfaces 12, 13 of the respective tie plates which constitute the sub-base, its supporting {ianges '7 being provided with corresponding surposition by upright bolts 16 which pass through holes 1'? in the tie plates and through elongated slots 18 in the flanges 7, the tie plates being recessed or countersunk on the underside to receive the bolt heads so as to secure the bolts against turning. lVashers 19 interposed in varying numbers on the bolts between the tie plates and the flanges ot' the arse proper serve to give the latter the required height.

upon the sub-base by the nuts 20 locked by the cotter pins 21, a lock washer 22 being as,- sociated with the nut, if desired.

Adjustment of the position of the base proper, transversely or toward and from the rail, is effected by the formation of complementary keyway surfaces in the proximate faces of the base and the sub-base, and by the use of spacing members as wedge keys, or keys of different thicknesses in engagement therewith. In the drawings the wall 23 carried by each subbase member is parallel with the railor the front edge of the subbase; the inclined wall 24 being a part of the supporting flange 7 and when the parts are in position being opposed to the wall 23 The keys 25 are designed by the extent of their insertion or withdrawal to vary the distance of the hearing member from the rail. They are provided with lugs 26 to facilitate these opera tions. In order to retain the keys in any adjusted position the wall 23 may be pro vided with teeth 27 of any degree of fineness and the key with corresponding teeth or serrations 28. This gives what may be termed a step adjustment, the gradations being small enough for practical purposes, although obviously a means of adjustment involving the use of a screw, or shims of selected thickness might for example be employed in order to As will be apparentthe adjusting means is duplicated at each side of the derail.

ln'conclusion it is further noted that a derail in which the derailing member and the base proper are constructed as an assembled unit adjustable on a sub-base vertically and toward and from the rail may be applied to the road bed without special preparation thcreoi such adzino; the ties, accoms modation both to local peculiarities of the road bed and to the characteristics of the rail being effected by the double adjustment The base proper is firmly secured. upon these washers and thus and adjustable thereon vertically and ceptably in a wide variety of severally differentiated track and road bed situations, Furthermore, asub-base constructed in two separate and independent parts has special virtue in that each part is mounted individually independently of variation of distance between the ties, and being so mounted af- Til tords, by reason of the association with each from the rail, said unit being adjustably mounted on said sub-base.

2. A dera il comprising a subbaseadapted to be secured to the road-bed, and an assembled unit including a base and a derailing memberprovided with bearings on which said member is mounted to move toward and from the rail, said unit being mounted for adjustment on said sub-base vertically and transversely 01" the rail.

3. in a derailer, a sub-base having spikeholes adapted to be spiked to adjacent ties, and a derail base mounted on said sub-base transversely of the rail.

at. In a derailer of the sliding type a subbase'adapted to be secured to the road-bed, a derail base mounted on the sub-base, a derailing member adapted to slide'to and from the rail on bearings in said derail base, and means for adjusting the derail base on the sub-base without altering the relation between the sliding derailing member and its bearings.

5. in a derailer of the type in which the derailing member slides toward and from. the rail, a sub-base adapted to be secured to the road-bed, and a derail base carrying said derailing member mounted on the sub-base and adjustable transversely of the rail without altering the relation between the sliding derailing member and its bearings.

6. in a derail of the type in which the derailing member moves toward and from the rail, a sub-base adapted to be secured to the road-bed, and a derail base carryingthe (lei-ailing member mounted on the sub-base and adjustable thereon both vertically and transversely of the rail without altering the relation between the base and the derailing member.

7 A derail comprising a sub-base adapted to be secured to the road-bed; a derail base providing bearings for a slidable derailing member, and means at each side of the derail base for adjusting the same transversely ol' the rail Without disturbing the relation between the slidable derailing memher and its bearings.

S. derail comprising a sub-base adapted to be secured to the road-bed, a derail base providing bearings for a derailing member, means at each side of the derail base for adjusting the same transversely of the rail, and means also located at each side of the derail base for adjusting it vertically ivt iout disturbing the relation between the deraiiing member and its bearings.

9. A. derail comprising a base and a subbase having proximate faces adapted to recei 'e interposed means for adjusting the b A with reference to the sub-base, and a deraiiing member mounted on the sub-base tor movement to and from the rail.

10. A derail comprising a base and a subbase having proximate 'laces adapted to receive interposed means for adjusting the base vertically and transversely of the rail.

11. A derail having a sub-base adapted to be secured to the road-bed, and a derail base carrying a derailing member, said sub-base and derail base having opposed upright Walls, and means adapted to be inserted between said Walls to adjust the derail base transversely of the rail.

12. A derail havin a sub-base adapted to be secured to the road-bed, and a detail base carrying a sliding derailing member, said sub-base and derail base having opposed upright Walls one of which is inclined to the other providing a keyway, and an adjusting key adapted to be inserted in said heyway to adjust the derail base transversely of the rail.

A derail comprising a sub-base secured to the road-bed, an assembled unit comprising a derail base provided With bearings and a derailing member adapted to slide thereon to and from the rail, a series or upstanding bclts mounted in said sub- Jase and extending through slots in the said elongated transversely of the rail, and

means for adjusting said unit transversely oi the rail.

let, A derail comprising a sub-base secured to the road-bed, an assembled unit comprising a base member provided With bearings and a derailing member adapted to slide thereon to and from the rail, a series of upstanding bolts mounted in said subbase and extending through slots in the said unit elongated transversely of the rail,

' Washers variable in number associated with 17. A derail comprising a sub-base con- L structed as tWo unconnectedplates, a base proper mounted on both said plates, a movable derailing member carried by the base, and distinct means for adjusting the base with reference to each plate.

18. A derail comprising a sub-base constructed as two unconnected plates, a base proper mounted on both said plates, a derailing member carried by said base, and a pinrality of means associated with each of said plates for efiecting adjustment in the same direction.

19. In a derail, a pair of unconnected base plates having at their front ends adjacent their outer sides abutment surfaces extended horizontally and vertically at right angles to the longitudinal axes of the base plates for contact with a part of the rail.

in testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

STANLEY W. HAYES. 

